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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Chiricosta Named to Academic All-District First Team
May 15, 2014 | Women's Tennis
Senior tennis standout is now eligible for Academic All-America consideration
Chiricosta was one of two BGSU student-athletes named to the team, joining BGSU swimming student-athlete Joelle Scheps. Both Chiricosta and Scheps will have their names placed on the national ballot.
2014 Capital One Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Team: Word | PDF
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"I couldn't be more excited for Nikki to win this award," said BGSU tennis coach Penny Dean. "Nikki is a fantastic player who has always worked extremely hard. Nobody outworked her in the classroom or on the court, and it is gratifying to see her rewarded for her efforts."
Chiricosta, a native of Avon Lake, Ohio (Avon Lake H.S.), ended her career as the winningest player in BGSU history. Her school-record total of 190 career victories as a Falcon included 96 singles victories, also a program record. She finished her BG career with 94 doubles wins, good for second on that school list.
In her senior season, Chiricosta was named the MAC Player of the Year -- becoming the first-ever Falcon to win that award -- and was named to the all-conference first team as well. Additionally, she was the female recipient of the Falcon Medal of Honor, the highest award given by the BGSU Department of Athletics. BGSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) President in 2013-14, she has earned Academic All-MAC honors in each of her first two seasons of eligibility, and has been named an ITA Scholar Athlete in each of her first three seasons (note: those awards have not yet been announced for 2013-14).
Earlier this week, Chiricosta was one of just two BGSU student-athletes to receive the MAC Medal of Excellence award.
On the court, Chiricosta had a 41-23 record as a senior, leading the Falcons in singles (19), doubles (22) and total wins for head coach Penny Dean. In league play, she posted a 6-2 singles mark at the top flight, and went 5-2 in doubles action.
In the classroom, Chiricosta maintained a 3.97 cumulative grade-point average as a communication major.
The 2014 Capital One Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America teams programs since 2011.
The women's at-large team hopefuls consisted of district student-athletes in the sports of bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo.
The Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages and are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the second year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.
The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.
First-team Academic All-District® honorees, as mentioned, advance to the Capital One Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.Â
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
The district team is listed below. The winners in all districts and divisions can be accessed by clicking one of the links near the top of this page.
2014 Academic All-District 5 Division-I Team
(student-athletes from Division-I schools in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio)
FIRST TEAM
Sport      Name                  School           Yr. Hometown              GPA  Major
Golf         Ashley Armstrong      Notre Dame       Jr. Flossmoor, Ill.       3.89 Mechanical engineering
Swimming     Courtney Beidler      Michigan         Sr. Richboro, Pa.         3.80 Communication studies
Tennis       Nikki Chiricosta      Bowling Green    Sr. Avon Lake, Ohio       3.97 Communication
Golf         Josée Doyon           Kent State       So. St-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec
                                              3.98 Political science
Water Polo   Shae Fournier         Indiana          Sr. Winnipeg, Manitoba     3.65 Psychology
Swimming     MaryRose Hillstrom    Ohio             Sr. Dimondale, Mich.       4.00 Integrated mathematics studies
Gymnastics   Samantha King         Illinois State   Jr. Canton, Mich.          4.00 Exercise science
Field Hockey Sarah Mueller         Miami            Sr. Berlin, Germany        3.97 International studies / French
Swimming     Emma Reaney           Notre Dame       Jr. Lawrence, Kan.         3.68 Design (arts & letters)
Swimming     Joelle Scheps         Bowling Green    Sr. Waddinxveen, Netherlands 4.00 Individualized business
Swimming     Brooklynn Snodgrass   Indiana          So. Calgary, Alberta        3.91 Exploratory
Tennis       Nini Sujashvili       Western Michigan Sr. Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia 3.97 Psychology / sociology
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